With would-be opponent Matt Grice scratched from the card due to injury, Phan instead will meet replacement Garcia next month at UFC 136.

Officials today announced that verbal agreements are in place for the rematch.

UFC 136 takes place Oct. 8 at Houston’s Toyota Center. The evening’s main card airs on pay-per-view, and two bouts air on Spike TV’s “UFC Prelims” special. However, Phan and Garcia compete on part of the preliminary card that’s expected to stream on Facebook.

Phan recently avoided a UFC release despite his second straight loss under the organization’s banner. Phan, a semifinalist on “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” suffered the controversial split-decision loss to Garcia at the show’s live finale back in December. And then at UFC 133 in August, Mike Brown bested him via unanimous decision. Phan now has lost four of his past five fights and finds himself in a must-win situation.

Garcia also likely is in a must-win situation. After a 1-2 stint with the UFC in 2007, Garcia headed to the WEC, where he went 4-4-1, which included a title-loss to then-champ Brown in 2009. Since his return to the UFC, he’s picked up the contentious win over Phan and recently suffered a submission loss to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Fight Night 24. The three-time “Fight of the Night” winner has been sidelined by injuries since that March defeat.

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